USAID is providing funds in Ghana for the installation of easy-to-operate corn shelling equipment that can be used by all farmers there. This new equipment runs on bicycle power and can produce up to 1.5 MT of shelled corn per day.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS The Bahri Dry Bulk division of Saudi Arabia's National Shipping Company has taken delivery of the "Bahri Grain," an 82,000 DWT bulk grain vessel. This is the second of five vessels from Japan's Osima Shipbuilding that were purchased. The remaining three are to be delivered in mid-2014.USDA reports that 204,000 MT of U.S. corn have been booked for shipment to Egypt. According to the trade, about 100,000 MT was booked by Medsofts Egypt and the balance div...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
